Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S officially announced

We are big fans of the Mi Mix range here at GadgetyNews, so we’ve been excited ever since we got word that another was on its way. Well, this morning Xiaomi announced its Mi Mix 2S.

The Mi Mix 2S sees upgrades on its predecessor with a camera that integrates AI, improved performance, wireless charging and more.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S

What’s new?

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. The Mi Mix 2S is equipped with the 2.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. This is mated with an Adreno 630 GPU and 7.5W Qi wireless charging.

This all adds up to 30% increased performance and 15% improved power efficiency. Not bad, huh?

Granted, wireless charging is still slower than cable charging, but it’s handy to be able to throw down your phone and not have to mess around with plugging it in. That said, the Mi Mix 2S will wirelessly charge in 2 hours 40 minutes.

Even more gorgeous

Xiaomi has also increased the screen-to-body ratio. I didn’t think that this would be possible, but they have created a design that beats the previous impossibly good-looking and award-winning handset!

Now you get a full-screen 5.99-inch notchless display, a curved ceramic body and 7000-series aluminium frame.

Xiaomi says it’s the perfect marriage of technology and art. I think we’re all in agreement about that.

New tricks

Xiaomi has also implemented Face Unlock and ARCore technology, along with support for 43 global bands.

Camera

An upgrade wouldn’t be worth mentioning without an improved camera. Fortunately, Xiaomi has done just that.

The Mi Mix 2S is fitted with two 12MP cameras at the rear – 1 wide-angle, 1 telephoto.

Furthermore, and probably thanks to that Snapdragon SoC, the Mi Mix 2S integrates AI. This enables it to do clever stuff such as on-the-fly translation and currency conversion.

Additionally, there’s intelligent background blurring; moreover, this is actually possible from a single camera, which means you can create bokeh-effect selfies, too.

This is a seriously impressive camera by the looks of things. This has seen a DxOMark score of 101 points which places it two points higher than even the Samsung Galaxy S9.

Camera presets and spec

The camera has an incredible 206 preset scene modes. Furthermore, it is packing dual-pixel autofocus. This increases the number of focus points 30 times over and results in super-fast shot composition.

The phone is loaded with a Sony IMX 363 with a six-element lens and f/1.8 aperture.